Marker for hats.



PATLNTL'D MAR. 19,41-997.

G. L. R. MILLER.

MARKER P09 HATS.

APPLICATION FILED DBG. 4. 1906.

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GEORGE L. R. MILLER, OF OXFORD., OHIO.

MARKER FOR HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed December 4. 1906. SerialgNo. 346,217.

My invention aims to provide a marker particularly designed for menshats of that type known as a derby, and the marker is constructedwhereby it may be placed across the crown of the derby when the hat isnot being worn and folded against the crown when the hat is being usedor worn.

My marker is preferably constructed of light and durable metal, asaluminium, and embodies novel means whereby it may be easily and quicklysecured to the perspirationband or lining of a hat.

The detail construction of my improved hat-marker will be hereinaftermore fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims, and, referring to the drawing forming part of thisspecification, like numerals of reference designate corre sponding partsthroughout the several views, in which-M Figure 1 is a front elevationof my improved marker, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of thesame; and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the marker, illustrating it inconnec tion with a derby, the marker being shown in a horizon alposition in dotted lines.

The marker comprises a metallic body portion 1, having tongues 2 and 3.The tongue 2 is used for securing one end of the body portion 1 to theband or lining 4 upon one side of a hat 5, said tongue passing through aslot 6, formed in the band 4, and being bent rearwardly to hold the endof the body portion 1 in engagement with the band 4. To further insure apositive grip of the body portion 1 upon the band 4, the body portionadjacent to the tongue 2 is cut, as at 7, to` provide a rong 8, theprong being passed through the band 4 and bent rearwardly toward thetongue 2. The body portion l is provided with angularly-disposed slots9, said slots being arranged whereby the corners of a card may betemporarily placed in engagement with the body portion 1 of the marker.That portion 10 of the band 4 lying opposite the 'fixed end of the bodyportion 1 of the marker is provided with what I term a fasteningsection11, said section being slotted, as at 12, to receive the tongue 3 of thebody portion 1 of the marker. The fastening-section 11 also carries atongue 14 and a prong 15 to engage in slots 16 and 17, respectively,formed in the portion 10 of the band 4.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a marker in connection with a hat 5, themarker being illustrated in full lines in the position it assumes whenthe hat is being Worn, while in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3 themarker is shown as temporarily fastened in a horizontal position betweenthe diametricallyopposed sides of the band 4. When in this position, thecard carried by the body portion 1 of the marker will be visible andwill prevent the owner of a hat from making any mistake when selectinghis hat from a group of hats. In this manner a persons hat can bereadily identified, and the simplicity of the marker and its novelarrangement within a hat, such as a derby, permits of it being easilyswung into a horizontal position.

I do not care to coniine myself to the size, proportion, or minordetails of construction,

as such changes as are permissible by the apl pended claims may beresorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a hat band or lining, of a metallic body portionfixed to one side of said band or lining, a fastening portion fixed tothe opposite side of said band or lining, and adapted to support saidbody portion in a horizontal position, said body portion havingangularly-disposed slots formed therein to receive the corners of anidentification-card.

2. A marker for hats consisting of a body portion adapted to be securedto the perspiration-band thereof, a fastening portion secured to saidband and adapted to support said body portion in a horizontal position,and means for securing a card-to said body portion.

3. A hat-marker comprising a thin metallic strip constructed to receiveidentification means, and having integral tongues at one end interlockedwith a portion of a hat, a

tongue at the opposite end of-said strip, and end of said strip, and afastening portion fix a fastening portion having tongues interedlysecured to a portion ofthe hat and havlocked With said head-band andhaving a slot ing a slot to receive said tongue.

to receive the tongue at the free end of said In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature 5 strip. in the presence of two witnesses.

4. A hat-marker comprising a thin inetal- 1 a ,Y 1 lic strip constructedto holdj identification G1 *JORGE L' h MILLER means, means carried byone end of said strip Vitnesses: Y for iXedly securing said end of thestrip to a MAX H. SRoLovi'iZ,

1o portion of a hat, a tongue carried by the free H. C. Evim'r.

